ANC and SACP throws a broadslide at Zuma calling him ‘a counter-revolutionary and a traitor’

Johnathan Paoli

ANC Secretary-General (SG) Fikile Mbalula and SACP General Secretary (GS) Solly Mapaila have declared former president Jacob Zuma a counter-revolutionary who exhibits traitorous conduct in relation to furthering the National Democratic Revolution within the country.

During the 31st commemoration of the assassination of anti-Apartheid struggle hero Thembisile Chris Hani, leaders from the SACP, the ANC as well as the government delivered speeches at the Thomas Titus Nkobi Memorial Park in Ekurhuleni on Wednesday.

Mapaila said Zuma did not match up to Hani’s standards.

“Hani’s adherence to revolutionary discipline differs fundamentally from Jacob Zuma’s conduct, which is tantamount to a counte-rrevolutionary and treasonous behaviour,” Mapaila said.

He said Hani was not a thief nor a political criminal and that despite the challenges that he faced, both before and after the “Hani Memorandum”, he upheld the discipline of the movement under difficult conditions that affected him personally.

While Zuma was